Bottle for the storage and transportation of liquids.



PATENTED MAY 3, 1904.

3. 0. STOVER. BOTTLE FOR THE STORAGE AND TRANSPORTATION 0P LIQUIDS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 20, 1903.

H0 MODEL.

INVENTOR WlTN ESS ES Patented May 3, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY (J. STOVER, OF ERWINNA, PENNSYLVANIA.

BOTTLE FOR THE STORAGE AND TRANSPORTATION OF LIQUIDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 758,869, dated May 3,1904.

Application filed June 20, 1903. Serial No. 162,332. (No model.)

To whom it many concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY C. STOVER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Erwinna, in the county of Bucks and State of Pennsylvania,have invented a new and useful Bottle for the Storage and Transportationof Liquids, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to bottles for the storage and transportation ofliquids, and has for its object the prevention of the clandestineopening and reclosing of bottles with a View to protect purchasers fromthe refilling with substituted liquors properly sold only in originalpackages; and to this end it consists in a means of closing and sealingthe filling-orifice of such vessels and providing for the emptying ofsuch vessels by means which insure the destruction of the originalpackage beyond any possibility of repair or restoration to its originalappearance.

The following is a detailed description of the construction of myinvention, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, in which'Figure 1 shows an elevation of a bottle embodying my invention; Fig. 2,a vertical section thereof. Fig. 3 is an inverted plan view. Fig. 1 is atop view, and Fig. 5 is a "ertical section, of a'modification thereof.

Referring to Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4 in the drawings, 1 is the bod y of abottle; 2,the neck, which preferably terminates in a top or cap 3, fusedonto the neck, and is of such thickness and form as compared with theneck as to be ruptured readily by striking a knob i on the top when itis desired to empty the bottle. A layer of paraffin or other likeinnocuous fusible material 5 is placed in the neck, held in acircumferential groove 5 to prevent splinters of broken glass minglingwith the liquid when opened and poured out from the bottle. 6 is thebottom of the bottle, which is formed with a deep depression or cavity11, having a greater diameter above at the point marked 7 than at thelower rim 8 and has a central tapering neck 9 projecting downwardly,

' through which the bottle is filled and is closed by a cork 10. Afterfilling and corking the bottle the cavity 11 is filled with a plasticcompound, upon which a seal or stamp 12 is imprinted and which seal mustnecessarily be defaced and broken before the cork can be removed for thepurpose of refilling.

Referring to Fig. 5 of the drawings, the top of the bottle is closed inlike manner with the bottom, as described in Figs. 1 and 2, instead ofby fused closure of glass. A seal 13 is placed upon a plastic compound11, filled into a chamber formed above and around the cork 15 in acavity 16, having a larger internal diameter at the point 17 below therim 18 than at the rim.

It is obvious from the construction of the parts above described thatthe opening of the package renders the vessel incapable of restorationto its original form and condition when filled and sealed and that toopen the corked aperture for refilling necessitates the destruction ofthe seal forming characteristic evidence of the genuineness of theoriginal package.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In a bottle toprevent clandestine opening and refilling with liquids, aneasily-frangible portion of the vessel formed integrally therewith, andclosing the discharging-orifice, in combination with parafiin orequivalent cement located within said frangible portion to preventsplinters of the vessel mingling with the liquid as set forth.

2. In a bottle, to prevent clandestine opening and refilling, aclosing-cap formed integrally with the neck of the bottle of thinnermaterial than the neck, and provided with a knob formed integrallytherewith and united thereto by a contracted stem to facilitate thebreaking of the cap for opening the bottle substantiall, as shown anddescribed.

3. In a bottle to prevent clandestine opening and refilling, an upperneck provided with a frangible cap formed integrally therewith, of aform as described for facilitating contracted rim of said cavitycontaining the seal and neck as set forth.

HENRY C. STOVER.

Witnesses:

IRA STovnR MYERS, S. HORACE MYERS.

